My letters to you - Spencer Reid x OC

05

To Elizabeth,

I'm glad you enjoyed the longer letter. I also enjoy getting your longer letters.

And no, I don't use a fountain pen, I use a fine tip pen. I find they work better and you can fit far more words on a page than with ball point. I've noticed that you use a fountain pen however. I like it, for some reason I feel like it suits you.

I wish I was able to visit the library more often, though you are right, DC's libraries are incredible. I don't think I've found many that beat them. Maybe if you were to ever come to DC I could show you some of my favourites. I'd love to know what you think of them.

I'll have to check out this 'Medium' show that you talk about. It sounds horrendous, but you'd be surprised how often we have to deal with so called 'psychics' claiming to know who did it during cases. I'll give you a hint, it's a lot.

My week was good. Though I went through a whole fiasco when it came to receiving your letter. My co-workers invited themselves over for a movie night and they have a tendency to tease me. I ended up hiding your letter in my copy of 'Possession' by A.S. Byatt. Considering the book is practically all about letters I thought it was funny. To be honest, Derek, one of the guys I work with, is more like an annoying older brother sometimes. He'd likely tease me the most for writing to you. He'd probably also ask for a background check on you, just to make sure I was safe. He's a great guy, don't get me wrong, just a little overbearing sometimes.

I'm not a big fan of the beach, I don't like sand. It's course, rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. And it manages to get to places you didn't even know existed.

You'll have to tell me how Chicago was. I'm guessing it was for Chess. How did it turn out? I hope you did well, you deserve to win!

New question, if you could meet anyone, from any time, who would it be and why?

I hope to hear from you soon,

Spencer

Dear Spencer,

Chicago went well. I ended up winning first in the Illinois Chess Open. I met this cute little girl at the airport too and taught her how to play. Just the basics of course, but I hope I get to play her again one day when she's a bit older. There aren't many girls in chess, and the games are always focused on the boys. It's actually the reason there's female only tournaments. Women were so fed up with dealing with the sexism in the Opens that they made their own tournaments so they didn't have to deal with men.

I've been playing more in opens as of recently, and I can see why the women's chess tournaments exist. The men there are so cruel and think they are superior players purely because of their gender. I don't think they think so highly of themselves after I won anyway.

I'd love for you to show me around DC. I've actually got a tournament booked there in a months time, the American Chess Invitational. This is the first time I've actually got invited, so I'm so excited. I'm only woman competing, which scares me. Spencer, what if the only reason they invited me was because I'm a woman and they want to look good? I'm the second woman to ever get an invite and the first they humiliated her to the point where she quit chess.

I'm sure Derek doesn't mean to tease you, I think he just doesn't want you getting hurt. I mean, after all I am an incredibly cool chess player who lives across the country, definitely heartbreaker material. If you really want to tell him, go for it. I have nothing to hide. I've already told my friends about you, only because they knew about the pen pal program. They seem to think you're a pretty cool guy. I think you're cool.

I started watching Doctor Who, you were right, it is pretty good. I found that the newer you get the better it seems to get. I don't get what's so scary about the Daleks though, if you ran up some stairs you'd be fine.

If I could meet anyone, from any time it would probably have to be Queen Victoria. I'm not sure why, she seems like she'd be an interesting person to talk to. It's either that or Martin Luther King Jr. Did you know if him and Anne Frank were both alive today they'd be the same age? Who would you want to talk to?

My question for you is if you could live in any fictional universe, which one would you choose and why?

I hope to talk to you soon,

Elizabeth

To Elizabeth,

Congratulations on winning Illinois and getting invited to the Chess Invitationals. I hadn't heard that its being held in DC this year. As for showing you around, I'd love to. I think I better get planning on which museums I'll have to take you to, and the libraries. Maybe we can finally play that game of chess you wanted?

I'm going to come and watch you play, support you from the sidelines. Trust me when I say this, but they invited you because you're a good player, not because you're a woman. You beat every man playing in Illinois didn't you? I also checked your FIDE score, 2794 puts you in the top 5 players in the US, regardless of gender. You're good at the game, don't doubt that.

Also don't think that you could just run up some stairs to escape the daleks, trust me, you'll be regretting it in the later series.

I'm actually in Oregon at the moment, which is pretty cool. It's Portland, but still, it pretty cool knowing that your less than 100 miles away instead of the usual 3000. I still can't wait to meet you one day. You're a wonderful person Elizabeth.

As for who I'd meet, It'd have to be Einstein. I mainly just want to talk to him about his theories on general relativity and space time. Did you know that Einstein actually disliked competitive chess? He was actually friends with a world champion, Emanuel Lasker.

And any fictional universe? It would have to be Star Trek, as much as I love Star Wars, the science makes so much more sense in Star Trek. I think I'd do well there, plus I would love to give space travel. Would you ever want to space travel? If we ever got the opportunity as humans to go to space, I think I'd give it a try. What fictional universe would want to go to if you could?

And don't worry, I won't allow you to break my heart. I don't think you could bring yourself to do it, you're far too kind.

I hope to talk to you soon,

Spencer

Dear Spencer,

I will definitely play chess with you when I come to DC, and I will also be taking you up on that offer for the Spencer Reid DC tour. I can't believe we've been talking for over two months now! It's kind of cool to think that we didn't even know each other a year ago. I feel like we've known each other for years.

Thank you for encouraging me with chess, I'll promise to practice extra hard and at least get top three in DC, I don't want to have you come watch me only to see me lose horribly. I'm also planning on beating your ass when we play, so you better study up.

You were in Portland this week as well! We could have met up! I'll enclose my cell number in this letter, and you best know how lucky you are to have this number. Only seven people before you have ever gotten it. Everyone else just gets the landline. Treasure it and guard my number with your life. Don't try to use it as an excuse to stop writing me letters, letters are far more personal than texts and I don't want that disappearing anytime soon.

I'm actually not sure what fictional universe I would want to be in. Harry Potter would be a fun one, but we don't know how that ends yet and I'm still waiting for the final book to come out. I'd also like to think that Star Wars would be entertaining, but the implications of the force in galactic policy seems dangerous. I've heard there's prequels that cover these questions, have you seen them? If not, perhaps we can watch them together when I come to DC?

You know full well I'd never break your heart. You're too gentlemanly to hurt. I'm fairly certain it's illegal to hurt such a wonderful man.

I hope you call me,

Elizabeth